I've got this to work. Zune 3.0.352.0 released 9/16/2008 on Windows XP Professional x64. There's several lengthy guides floating around the internet. After digging through them, I've got enough pieced together to reliably install Zune 3.0 on an XP x64 system.
I've developed an install package that installs the necessary files, registers the right DLLs, installs the device driver, adds registry information, etc. but it's about 90 MB so before I go put it out on the internet, I'm looking for some guinea pigs to test it for me.
Send me a private message if you'd like a copy. No guarantees it will work or that I'll send it to you (I'm a little concerned I'll get flooded here). If it's a success, I'll post again with a download link.
Right now with available free downloads so far I've been able to see it on explorer and delete stuff - but not create a new folder or copy anything to it.
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please people use common sense, if he supplies you a hack-great
but he only has one post I don't mean to break your optimism but this claim should logically be descreditted
The install worked for about half the people I sent it to -- the other half, it didn't. I never use my Zune anymore (and have a Vista installation I can use now anyway) and the update method I used won't work for Zune 3.1, so it's pointless on top of all that.
I get roughly a dozen or so e-mails a week to my Yahoo! of people asking for the patch to this day, so I'm going to take down all of my posts. I don't have the time or interest in hacking the 3.1 version to work under Win XP x64.
Sorry, guys.
If you really want my installer anyway, here it is: It's a 90 MB download and if my hosting gets flooded, I may move it to a RapidShare or something. This download comes with no warranty or support -- if it gets you going in the right direction, wonderful, but if not -- you may need to refer to my instructions below or look for help elsewhere. Either way, I'm not supporting it.
Here are my personal notes for what my installer does, if someone wants to follow in my footsteps. This information was collected from several random websites and my own trial-and-error. Hope it's helpful...
Code:
Install the following :
.Net Framework 2.0
.Net Framework 3.0
.Net Framework 3.5 with Service Pack 1 (.NET Framework: Download)
Windows Media Player 11
WinRAR (WinRAR download and support. WinRAR is a powerful Windows tool to compress and decompress zip, rar and many other formats: Homepage)
All critical, recommended, optional, and hardware updates (http://update.microsoft.com/)
Make sure the following services are set to Automatic and started:
Automatic Updates
Background Intelligent Transfer Service (BITS)
Error Reporting Service
Portable Media Serial Number Service
Restart.
Download:
Zune Client Software version 3.0
Download details: Zune 3.1
Zune Registry Updates
[local]
Use WinRar to extract the contents of ZunePackage30.exe to the folder ZunePackage30 on your Desktop.
Launch /Desktop/ZunePackage30/x64/packages/zune-x64.msi.
Click the 'Ignore' button for any errors the installer may encounter.
Note: your computer may restart automatically after this process completes.
Launch ZuneShell.reg.
Extract the contents of Zune3.0.352.0_x86.zip to C:Program FilesZune. Replace
any existing files with the contents of this archive.
Register the library files in C:Program FilesZune:
for %f in (*.*) do regsvr32 /s %f
Right-click on C:Program FilesZuneDriversZuneZune.inf and choose Install.
Plug in your Zune and allow it to automatically install the drivers for your
device. If Windows does not find the drivers automatically, locate them manually in:
C:Program FilesZuneDriversZune
Done! You are ready to launch Zune!
For the Zune Registry Updates file, the .REG file contents is:
Wait, so the Zune software doesn't natively work on Win64 bit? MS, you need to have better support with your HIGHER END products.
Well, this is another discouragement for gettting a 64-bit OS.
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Wait, so the Zune software doesn't natively work on Win64 bit? MS, you need to have better support with your HIGHER END products.
Well, this is another discouragement for gettting a 64-bit OS.
XP. Not Vista. XP x64 was always left behind by MS. Vista, on the other hand, has a well-supported and overall great 64-bit variant. And the Zune software works just fine on it.
Come to think of it, not much does work in XP x64.
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Hack for Zune 3.0 Software on Windows XP 64 bit
i want a copy
MS, you need to have better support with your HIGHER END products.
